Biography of 	Dicks, Arthur H.; Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Dicks, Arthur H, prominent in real estate and insurance circles in New
Orleans, is a native of this city, born June 3, 1869.  His parents were
George W. and Josephine  (Richards)  Dicks, the former a native of
Mississippi and the latter of the Danish West Indies.  George W. Dicks was
born in Natchez and educated in his native state.  At the outbreak of tlic
Civil war he joined Fenner 's battery, one of the famous organizations
taking part in that ever memorable conflict.  At the close of the war be
settled in New Orleans where he remained until his death, some years later,
the remote cause of which was a wound received in battle.  The Dicks are of
Scotch-Irish ancestry and in Mr. Dicks' ancestry are the Huntingtons, who
were prominent in Colonial and Revolutionary days.  Arthur H. Dicks is the
elder of 2 children, the other being a sister, Ella, who now resides in New
Orleans.  Mr. Dicks began his business career at the age of 14 as a clerk
in a commission house, where he remained about 7 years.  He was for a
considerable time with the firm of Sam Henderson & Co., general insurance
agents, and filled successfully and to their satisfaction various positions
in their office and for a time represented them in Louisiana, having
exclusive charge of personal, accident and liability business.  He began
business for himself in 1889 as representative of the Georgia Life
Insurance Co., of Macon, and the Maryland Casualty Co., of Baltimore,
adding to this business some years later a real estate department.  In this
latter he has come to be one of the successful dealers in the city and is
recognized authority on all valuations of property.  He is a member of the
New Orleans Real  exchange, Association of Commerce, the Stratford club,
and has attained the Royal Arch degree in Masonry.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp.
126-127.  Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century
Historical Association.